Regional Vic jobless rate falls

The Victorian Government says the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show employment in regional Victoria has strengthened.

The unemployment rate in regional Victoria fell from 6 per cent to 5.2 per cent in the three months to May.

Treasurer Michael O'Brien says the figures show the overall jobs trend is positive.

"You occasionally do read the odd bit of bad news in the newspapers about individual companies here or there but I think what these figures show is on the whole the Victorian economy is growing, businesses are putting on more staff and regional Victoria is one of the biggest beneficiaries of that and that's something we really welcome as a Government," he said.